John Fallon: Oireachtas grilling underscores FAI's flaws

Here we assess the performances of those in the thick of it, from both sides of the divide, attaching suitable grades for their end-of-year assignment.

FAI independent director Liz Joyce arriving at Leinster House, Dublin. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

THE Houses of the Oireachtas resembled a House of Horrors for some FAI officials last Wednesday but not all were scorched like overcooked Christmas turkeys.

This was always a salvage mission once the delegation were summoned by the Committee on Tourism, Sport and Media to face questioning on their €863m facilities plan and, more topically, governance turmoil.